Re: DANE vs WebPKI (was: WoSign/StartCom CA in the news, let's wind this thread down...)

2016-10-01 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
> On Oct 1, 2016, at 11:01 AM, li...@lazygranch.com wrote: > > On the latest "Security Now" podcast, Steve Gibson's makes noises about > DNSSEC/DANE replacing certs, but not in detail. I think that this thread, which was only tenuously connected to Postfix in the first place, is no longer

Re: WoSign/StartCom CA in the news

2016-10-01 Thread lists
age   From: Alice Wonder Sent: Saturday, October 1, 2016 3:29 AM To: postfix-users@postfix.org Subject: Re: WoSign/StartCom CA in the news On 09/30/2016 06:52 AM, John @ KLaM wrote: > Yes, I understand DANE can be used for MTAs. My musing is could it > completely replace the existing CA mes

Re: WoSign/StartCom CA in the news

2016-10-01 Thread Alice Wonder
On 09/30/2016 06:52 AM, John @ KLaM wrote: Yes, I understand DANE can be used for MTAs. My musing is could it completely replace the existing CA mess, and I suppose the follow up is how? I do not see it as a replacement for the CA mess but rather as a form of 2-factor authentication.

Re: WoSign/StartCom CA in the news

2016-09-30 Thread John @ KLaM
Yes, I understand DANE can be used for MTAs. My musing is could it completely replace the existing CA mess, and I suppose the follow up is how? On September 30, 2016 09:12:30 wie...@porcupine.org (Wietse Venema) wrote: John: This may be way off topic, if I apologise. Looking a the

Re: WoSign/StartCom CA in the news

2016-09-30 Thread Wietse Venema
John: > This may be way off topic, if I apologise. > > Looking a the available CAs many of them do not seem to pass the > /s//niff test//./ WoSign/Startcom are not alone in being found to be > either incompetent or dishonest. Which made me wonder if there might be > an alternative to CA issued

Re: WoSign/StartCom CA in the news

2016-09-30 Thread /dev/rob0
On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 08:36:58AM -0400, John wrote: > This may be way off topic, if I apologise. Not really, not much anyway. > Looking a the available CAs many of them do not seem to pass the > /s//niff test//./ WoSign/Startcom are not alone in being found to > be either incompetent or

Re: WoSign/StartCom CA in the news

2016-09-30 Thread John
This may be way off topic, if I apologise. Looking a the available CAs many of them do not seem to pass the /s//niff test//./ WoSign/Startcom are not alone in being found to be either incompetent or dishonest. Which made me wonder if there might be an alternative to CA issued certs. Is there

Re: WoSign/StartCom CA in the news

2016-09-29 Thread lists
s internal control issues.  ‎   Original Message   From: Alice Wonder Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2016 8:35 PM To: postfix-users@postfix.org Subject: Re: WoSign/StartCom CA in the news On 09/28/2016 01:25 AM, li...@lazygranch.com wrote: > I don't want take this thread off course, but sugges

Re: WoSign/StartCom CA in the news

2016-09-29 Thread Alice Wonder
On 09/28/2016 01:25 AM, li...@lazygranch.com wrote: I don't want take this thread off course, but suggestions for low cost certs would be appreciated. I don't like how Let's Encrypt works, else that would be the obvious solution. Domain registration isn't free. Server time isn't free.

Re: WoSign/StartCom CA in the news

2016-09-28 Thread lists
16 8:11 AM To: postfix-users@postfix.org Subject: Re: WoSign/StartCom CA in the news On 9/28/2016 10:53 AM, KSB wrote: > On 2016.09.28. 17:47, Mike wrote: >> On 9/28/2016 4:55 AM, li...@lazygranch.com wrote: >>> CACert came up in my search. I will look into it. Suggestions always >

Re: WoSign/StartCom CA in the news

2016-09-28 Thread Mike
On 9/28/2016 10:53 AM, KSB wrote: > On 2016.09.28. 17:47, Mike wrote: >> On 9/28/2016 4:55 AM, li...@lazygranch.com wrote: >>> CACert came up in my search. I will look into it. Suggestions always >>> appreciated since I'm quite comfortable with people out there knowing more >>> than me. >>> >>>

Re: WoSign/StartCom CA in the news

2016-09-28 Thread KSB
On 2016.09.28. 17:47, Mike wrote: On 9/28/2016 4:55 AM, li...@lazygranch.com wrote: CACert came up in my search. I will look into it. Suggestions always appreciated since I'm quite comfortable with people out there knowing more than me. I didn't like the Let's Encrypt 90 day deal with

Re: WoSign/StartCom CA in the news

2016-09-28 Thread /dev/rob0
On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 08:53:01AM +, Viktor Dukhovni wrote: > On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 01:25:42AM -0700, li...@lazygranch.com > wrote: > > > I don't want take this thread off course, but suggestions for low > > cost certs would be appreciated. I don't like how Let's Encrypt > > works, else

Re: WoSign/StartCom CA in the news

2016-09-28 Thread Mike
On 9/28/2016 4:55 AM, li...@lazygranch.com wrote: > CACert came up in my search. I will look into it. Suggestions always > appreciated since I'm quite comfortable with people out there knowing more > than me. > > I didn't like the Let's Encrypt 90 day deal with mysterious upload to your >

Re: WoSign/StartCom CA in the news

2016-09-28 Thread Yuval Levy
On 16-09-28 04:55 AM, li...@lazygranch.com wrote: > I didn't like the Let's Encrypt 90 day deal with mysterious upload to your > server. While I do not like to grant root access to a third-party controlled process on my server, there are good alternatives and the only things that I upload to my

Re: WoSign/StartCom CA in the news

2016-09-28 Thread Rene 'Renne' Bartsch, B.Sc. Informatics
My StartSSL-certs are valid until 4th of october. Luckily I switched to Let's encrypt yesterday - with DANE, of course. ;-) Regards, Renne Am 28.09.2016 um 00:29 schrieb Viktor Dukhovni: > WoSign (who seemingly purchased StartCom) seem to have run into > some compliance issues as reported by

Re: WoSign/StartCom CA in the news

2016-09-28 Thread Steve Atkins
n business, even if > it's dead already. > >> >> >> Original Message >> From: Sven Schwedas >> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2016 1:10 AM >> To: postfix-users@postfix.org >> Subject: Re: WoSign/StartCom CA in the news >> >> On 2016-09

Re: WoSign/StartCom CA in the news

2016-09-28 Thread Ralph Seichter
On 28.09.2016 12:03, KSB wrote: > probably they will go down to 30 days as most admins learn to do > automation. I have read various LE posts regarding certificate lifetime, and while I agree that LE apparently favours automation, I don't think the matter has been decided yet. My personal (!)

Re: WoSign/StartCom CA in the news

2016-09-28 Thread Allen Coates
On 28/09/16 09:51, Boris Behrens wrote: >> Am 28.09.2016 um 10:25 schrieb li...@lazygranch.com: >> >> I don't want take this thread off course, but suggestions for low cost certs >> would be appreciated. I don't like how Let's Encrypt works, else that would >> be the obvious solution. >> >>

Re: WoSign/StartCom CA in the news

2016-09-28 Thread KSB
On 2016.09.28. 12:59, Ralph Seichter wrote: As for the "90 day deal": LE is still in ramp-up phase, so I expect the validity period to increase. Even with 90 days, it is worth using their certificates. In a DANE context, all you need to take care of is not automatically generating new keys with

Re: WoSign/StartCom CA in the news

2016-09-28 Thread Ralph Seichter
On 28.09.2016 10:55, li...@lazygranch.com wrote: > I didn't like the Let's Encrypt 90 day deal with mysterious upload to > your server. It bugs me. Let's Encrypt does not upload anything to your server. You download an updated certificate, if and when you choose to. That process can be invoked

Re: WoSign/StartCom CA in the news

2016-09-28 Thread Karol Augustin
On 28/09/16 09:25, li...@lazygranch.com wrote: I don't want take this thread off course, but suggestions for low cost certs would be appreciated. I don't like how Let's Encrypt works, else that would be the obvious solution. When Symantec first announced that they would compete with Let's

Re: WoSign/StartCom CA in the news

2016-09-28 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 01:55:06AM -0700, li...@lazygranch.com wrote: > I didn't like the Let's Encrypt 90 day deal with mysterious upload to your > server. It bugs me. You're mistaken about how LE works. There is no remote control of your server, or any externally imposed update. They provide

Re: WoSign/StartCom CA in the news

2016-09-28 Thread lists
, 2016 1:34 AM To: li...@lazygranch.com; postfix-users@postfix.org Subject: Re: WoSign/StartCom CA in the news On 2016-09-28 10:25, li...@lazygranch.com wrote: > I don't want take this thread off course, but suggestions for low cost certs > would be appreciated. I don't like how Let's Encrypt

Re: WoSign/StartCom CA in the news

2016-09-28 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 01:25:42AM -0700, li...@lazygranch.com wrote: > I don't want take this thread off course, but suggestions for low cost > certs would be appreciated. I don't like how Let's Encrypt works, else > that would be the obvious solution.  I am curious what you don't like about

Re: WoSign/StartCom CA in the news

2016-09-28 Thread Boris Behrens
s > Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2016 1:10 AM > To: postfix-users@postfix.org > Subject: Re: WoSign/StartCom CA in the news > > On 2016-09-28 00:31, Giovanni Harting wrote: >> Correct me if I'm wrong, but that document you describe issues by >> Mozilla and others, doesn

Re: WoSign/StartCom CA in the news

2016-09-28 Thread Christian Kivalo
th Let's >Encrypt, I signed up with them. But it looks like their free cert >program is more like you need to recruit customers for them. > > >  Original Message   >From: Sven Schwedas >Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2016 1:10 AM >To: postfix-users@postfix.org >Subject:

Re: WoSign/StartCom CA in the news

2016-09-28 Thread Sven Schwedas
s more like > you need to recruit customers for them. Same with the others. Of course they want to stay in business, even if it's dead already. > > > Original Message > From: Sven Schwedas > Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2016 1:10 AM > To: postfix-users@postfix.org > Subj

Re: WoSign/StartCom CA in the news

2016-09-28 Thread lists
.   Original Message   From: Sven Schwedas Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2016 1:10 AM To: postfix-users@postfix.org Subject: Re: WoSign/StartCom CA in the news On 2016-09-28 00:31, Giovanni Harting wrote: > Correct me if I'm wrong, but that document you describe issues by > Mozilla and

Re: WoSign/StartCom CA in the news

2016-09-28 Thread Sven Schwedas
On 2016-09-28 00:31, Giovanni Harting wrote: > Correct me if I'm wrong, but that document you describe issues by > Mozilla and others, doesn't it state that it would only affect new > issues certs after a certain date? Yes, but most StartSSL/WoSign certificates are only valid for a year or less.

Re: WoSign/StartCom CA in the news

2016-09-27 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
> On Sep 27, 2016, at 6:31 PM, Giovanni Harting <5...@idlegandalf.com> wrote: > > Correct me if I'm wrong, but that document you describe issues by Mozilla and > others, doesn't it state that it would only affect new issues certs after a > certain date? Yes, quote: Taking into account

Re: WoSign/StartCom CA in the news

2016-09-27 Thread Giovanni Harting
Correct me if I'm wrong, but that document you describe issues by Mozilla and others, doesn't it state that it would only affect new issues certs after a certain date? Am 09/28/16 um 00:29 schrieb Viktor Dukhovni: WoSign (who seemingly purchased StartCom) seem to have run into some

WoSign/StartCom CA in the news

2016-09-27 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
WoSign (who seemingly purchased StartCom) seem to have run into some compliance issues as reported by Firefox: http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/09/firefox-ready-to-block-certificate-authority-that-threatened-web-security/ Many SMTP servers are using certs from StartCom. In my DANE